Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Yesterday's snap election call caught many by off guard, so it's no surprise that a few things will have to get sorted quickly. 

In Leeds the votes have previously been counted at the city's arena, but someone has got it booked already:

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Elton John is on tour and 8 June, the day of the election, he's in Leeds at the arena on his Wonderful Crazy Tour.

That's a bit awkward, do you ask him to move? 

Perhaps Leeds City Council could offer him a spot on Briggate to busk the gig? 

Well they've done the bigger thing and decided to move the count to the Civic Hall and the Town Hall. 

Crisis averted.

Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

A lottery player in South Yorkshire has just one week to avoid missing out on almost £200,000.

The ticket, which was bought in Doncaster for the EuroMillions draw on 28 October last year, matched five numbers and a star.

That's worth £197,954 - but if not claimed by the end of Wednesday 26 April, the money will go to National Lottery funded projects rather than the person who bought the ticket.

That ticket holder isn't the only one who could do with coming forward.

There's a £1m prize also up for grabs - again in South Yorkshire.

If you bought a EuroMillions ticket in Barnsley for the draw on 31 January this year then you may want to check your pockets.

There's a winning ticket worth a cool £1m still out there.

The details for both draws are here, external - and hopefully you'll be celebrating like in the shot below.

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The case of a teenager accused of murdering seven-year-old York girl Katie Rough has been heard in court. 

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The defendant, a 15-year-old girl, was not present in person or via videolink for the 40-minute hearing at Leeds Crown Court.   

She was arrested and charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon after Katie was found fatally injured on a playing field in York on 9 January

The teenager, who cannot be named due, denies the charges.

She's due to appear in court again on 28 June, with her trial due to start on 3 July.

A post-mortem examination into the death of a man who was found in a Doncaster park on Tuesday has concluded he died as a result of a heart attack. 

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The 65-year-old man was found collapsed in Hexthorpe Park after emergency services were called at about 04:40. He was taken to hospital but died a short time later.

Further tests and enquiries are continuing into the full circumstances of the incident, according to South Yorkshire Police.

A 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman who were arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder have been released from custody as enquiries continue.   

Police are asking for anyone with information, especially anyone who was in the park or in the immediate vicinity between 02:00 and 04:30 on Tuesday, to get in touch.

Pritti Mistry
BBC News Online, Yorkshire

Burberry says it's "taking a moment to think through" its plans for a new manufacturing facility in Leeds after its shares fell by 6% despite a rise in sales.

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But the British luxury fashion brand says it's still committed to Yorkshire.

The company has reported an "exceptional" performance in the UK, but says it suffered a fall in US sales.

Burberry announced plans in November 2015 to open a new £50m weaving plant in the South Bank area of Leeds and relocate staff from its existing Castleford and Keighley sites.

It later revealed it was pausing its proposals for the site last July in the wake of Brexit uncertainty.

Stuart Carrington says becoming the fifth man to score three successive century breaks at the Crucible is 'amazing'.

Sheffield's Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has been at Buckingham Palace today where she was made a Dame by the Duke of Cambridge.

Ennis-Hill, who won heptathlon gold at London 2012, received the title in the New Year Honours list for her services to athletics.

This is the moment Our Jess became Dame Jessica:

More details now on this morning's fire at the former Allerthorpe Golf Club site, near York.

Fire crews from Pocklington and Market Weighton attended the blaze at about 08:00.

It's thought the fire broke out in one of the outbuildings, destroying a barn and causing a roof to collapse. 

Take a look at the damage:

The fire affected an area about 5m by 20m, and thick black smoke was pictured drifting over Melbourne Road and nearby land. 

The barn destroyed in the blaze contained agricultural machinery and lawn mowers, according to Humberside Fire and Rescue Service.

It's not thought anyone was injured in the fire.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

The highlight of any day on BBC Local Live in Yorkshire often comes from a picture sent in to us - and today is no exception:

John Hodgson sent us this sure sign of spring in his garden in Bradford. 

He says all four blackbird chicks, pictured here at five-days-old, fledged over the Easter weekend.

If you've snapped anything interesting you'd like to share with the rest of Yorkshire, you can send it in by simply clicking here.    

Plans examining how to make cycling in Bradford part of "daily life for everyone" are being unveiled in the city today.

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The new proposals replace ones originally made in 2012, with Bradford Council claiming much has changed since then, including the Tour de France Grand Depart, the Tour de Yorkshire, the Cyclo-Cross National Championships and the CityConnect programme, external.  

The strategy covers a range of ways people can get involved in cycling from sports and clubs and cycling as a leisure activity, to cycling as a way of getting to work and school.

Claire Wright, chair of the Bradford Cycle Forum, says: "The strategy articulates a vision where all of us have the training and facilities to regain freedom and fitness, leading to better health for everyone."  

A report by a European watchdog into our prisons says much violence at Doncaster Prison is not reported.

A report published today by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, external raises the concerns.

Members of the committee, which is part of the Council of Europe, visited HMP Doncaster and HMP Pentonville as part of their inquiry last spring. 

At both establishments the delegation "gained the impression that the actual number of violent incidents appreciably exceeded the number recorded".  

It added: "This issue appeared to be particularly acute at Doncaster Prison, where the delegation established some violent incidents had either not been recorded or recorded as being less serious than they were in practice...failing to portray an accurate picture of the severity of the problems."

The report also claims that at both Doncaster and Pentonville Prisons, operational safety had been compromised in part due to low staffing levels or inadequate deployment of staff.

Wakefield-based women fashion chain Bonmarche says it's seen a slump in its annual sales following a difficult start to the new year. 

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The firm's chief executive is warning of further hurdles in the year ahead, but says she remains "confident Bonmarche remains unique in its ability to serve the needs of its target market".   

The retailer, which has 327 stores across the UK, is set to publish its full-year results on 19 June. 

South Yorkshire Police said both people survived because of the "quick actions" of paramedics.

Thieves who stole a safe from a Rotherham shop escaped on quad bikes.

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South Yorkshire Police have released CCTV images of the incident at the VAPE store on Harris Hawk Way, Rotherham, which was reported at around 00:55 on Thursday 30 March.

Extensive damage was caused to the store doors and windows, with the safe among items taken.

Jonathan Cowap
Presenter, BBC Radio York

MPs are expected to back the Prime Minister's call for an early general election on June 8 when they vote this afternoon.

Theresa May, who'd previously ruled out going to the country early, told the BBC the decision wasn't about opportunism prompted by a 20 point lead in the opinion polls. 

But David Howell, a former politics lecturer at the University of York, just told me he believes an election is completely unnecessary:

York's medieval Shambles has been named the "prettiest street in Britain" in a new survey.

Dating from the 14th century, and famous for its overhanging timber buildings, it was once a thriving meat market and is now one of the UK's most visited destinations.

The Shambles is mentioned in the Domesday Book and it's thought to be York's oldest street and Europe's best-preserved medieval thoroughfare.

Thieves in Bradford targeted more than 20 unlocked cars over the bank holiday weekend according to West Yorkshire Police.

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Officers say sat navs, laptops and shopping bags were amongst their favoured items. 　

Most of the thefts were reported in the Keighley and Shipley areas, although vehicles in the Manningham area were also targeted. 　  

The force has compiled this page which is full of handy tips to keep the stuff in your car safe, external.

In the past week, we've been hearing about the £2.6m benefit the World Snooker Championship provides Sheffield.

One of the beneficiaries is Chesworth Cues on Abbeydale Road.

They've made snooker cues in Sheffield for some of the world's top players and have celebrity customers like Michael Vaughan and Billy Sharp. 

Martin Chesworth who owns the store says it's great news the tournament is staying in the city for at least the next 10 years:

The development, which includes a 1,200 place secondary school and sixth form, attracted more than 80 objections.

A motorcyclist is recovering from serious injuries after a crash near Wakefield yesterday morning. 

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It happened at about 11:35 on Southmoor Road, a few miles outside South Kirkby, when his black Honda bike collided with an orange Ford Ka. 　

The rider was left with serious injuries and he is still in hospital in a stable condition. The female driver of the car received minor injuries.

Sgt James Farrar says: "We are working alongside South Yorkshire Police officers, and our enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances of the collision."